supplication

An act of supplicating; a humble request.

Noun

  1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
    • If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress. - 2025 April 10, Adam Serwer, “The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme...

    1. (Islam) du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.

  2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
  3. In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
  4. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Origin

From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.

Forms

supplications

Derived

supplicational supplicationer